We do not free ourselves from something by avoiding it, but only by living though it.
CESARE PAVESEGive me the ready hand rather than the ready tongue.
More Cesare Pavese Quotes
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Lessons are not given, they are taken.
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A corpse is what’s left after waking too often.
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Remember, writing poetry is like making love: one will never know whether one’s own pleasure is shared.
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But here’s the worst part: the trick to life lies in hiding from those we hold most dear how much they mean to is; if not, we’d lose them.
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You’ve got to understand life, understand it when you’re young.
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A dream is a creation of the intelligence, the creator being present but not knowing how it will end.
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The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.
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You don’t remember days, you remember moments.
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Many men on the point of an edifying death would be furious if they were suddenly restored to health.
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It had to happen to you, to concentrate your whole life on one point, and then discover that you can do anything except live at that point.
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Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.
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To know the world, one must construct it.
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A man succeeds in completing a work only when his qualities transcend that work.
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Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
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One must look for one thing only, to find many.
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